81.8% of residents of Lake Lucerne speak English at home.
14.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 2,377 (21.3%)
(48.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Lake Lucerne, Florida

4001995 to March 2000

4021990 to 1994

2881985 to 1989

1901980 to 1984

1271975 to 1979

1801970 to 1974

1361965 to 1969

109Before 1965

First ancestries reported:

Other: 6,081 (76.4%)

West Indian: 1,189 (14.9%)

United States: 489 (6.1%)

Subsaharan African: 175 (2.2%)

Italian: 10 (0.1%)

Scottish: 7 (0.09%)

French Canadian: 6 (0.08%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Jamaica

Lake Lucerne:

24.4% (447)

Florida:

5.3% (141,182)

Other Caribbean

Lake Lucerne:

14.8% (272)

Florida:

1.4% (38,484)

Cuba

Lake Lucerne:

12.9% (236)

Florida:

24.1% (642,951)

Haiti

Lake Lucerne:

12.4% (227)

Florida:

6.8% (182,224)

Dominican Republic

Lake Lucerne:

9.3% (171)

Florida:

2.5% (66,690)

Ecuador

Lake Lucerne:

7.1% (130)

Florida:

1.1% (29,046)

Colombia

Lake Lucerne:

5.2% (95)

Florida:

5.9% (157,371)

Nicaragua

Lake Lucerne:

5.0% (91)

Florida:

3.7% (98,022)

Panama

Lake Lucerne:

2.3% (43)

Florida:

0.7% (18,153)

Mexico

Lake Lucerne:

1.7% (32)

Florida:

7.1% (189,119)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 5,432

Other state: 1,667

Northeast: 219

Midwest: 233

South: 1,182

West: 33

65% of Lake Lucerne residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Florida.